Experience

UCL

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Professor (Department of Pharmaceutics)

  • Oct 2022 - Present

• Lecturer of Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology and Nanofabrication

  • Aug 2020 - Oct 2022



University of Southampton

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lecturer

  • Aug 2018 - Aug 2020

• Institute for Life Sciences (IfLS) member

  • Apr 2017 - Aug 2020

  The Institute for Life Sciences (IfLS) exists to foster cross-campus interdisciplinary research links related to the life sciences. The Institute is a central point of organisation and leadership, with research interests spanning key academic units. It provides a novel environment for the development of researchers literate in more than one core science and engineering discipline.

• New Frontiers Fellow (Faculty of Engineering and The Environment)

  • Jan 2016 - Jul 2018



University of Oxford

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Research Fellow (Institute of Biomedical Engineering)

  • Jan 2016 - Jan 2018

• Postdoctoral Researcher (Institute of Biomedical Engineering)

  • Mar 2014 - Jan 2016

  Biomedical Ultrasonics, Biotherapy & Biopharmaceuticals Laboratory (BUBBL)Research project: Biophysics of Ultrasound-mediated Cellular Delivery



Jesus College Oxford

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Junior Research Fellow in Engineering

  • Oct 2014 - Jan 2016



University of Southampton

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Fellow (EPSRC Doctoral Prize)

  • Nov 2012 - Nov 2014

  Project title: Design and implementation of a microfluidic-based strategy for the ultrasound-facilitated intracellular delivery of bioactive molecules, with applications in drug and gene therapy.The project is funded by EPSRC-University of Southampton Doctoral Prize Scheme

• Demonstrator for BSc and MSc students

  • 2009 - Mar 2014

  Dario has been involved as demonstrator for laboratory sessions of:- Properties of Materials;- Fluid Mechanics;- Advanced Finite Element Analysis.He has also supervised BSc, MSc and both national and international internship students, providing support in their practical laboratory sessions and thesis writing.

• PhD research student - Bioengineering Sciences

  • Oct 2009 - Nov 2012

  Thesis title: Development of microfluidic systems for therapeutic applications



AQUALITY Consortium

• Research Associate (FP7)

  • Dec 2012 - Mar 2014

  We propose to develop an online water monitoring device for microbiological contamination analysis, that allows industries and environmental protection agencies to replace the routine activities of sampling and laboratory testing of pathogens. We propose to develop an online water monitoring device for microbiological contamination analysis, that allows industries and environmental protection agencies to replace the routine activities of sampling and laboratory testing of pathogens.



Biocompatibles

• Research consultant

  • 2010 - Mar 2014

  1] Design of biomimetic microchannel networks for studying the mechanisms of therapeutic embolisation and chemoembolisation.2] Design of experimental and computational platforms for characterising the performance of sclerosing foams used for the treatment of varicose veins. 1] Design of biomimetic microchannel networks for studying the mechanisms of therapeutic embolisation and chemoembolisation.2] Design of experimental and computational platforms for characterising the performance of sclerosing foams used for the treatment of varicose veins.



Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

• India
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting fellow

  • 2011 - 2011

  Visiting fellow at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur (West Bengali, India), affiliated with UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI). Visiting fellow at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur (West Bengali, India), affiliated with UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI).



Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi

• Internship (Clinical Engineering)

  • Jul 2005 - Sep 2005

  Project title: Clinical optimization of novel technologies for non-invasive monitoring of patient sedation level during surgery and postsurgery. Project title: Clinical optimization of novel technologies for non-invasive monitoring of patient sedation level during surgery and postsurgery.